September 18, 2023

Katie O'Brien, left, hugs Dr. Pam Evans, an obstetrician, after O'Brien gave pictures of O'Brien's son whom Evans delivered as O'Brien visits the maternity ward at the Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn., on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. With the closing of the maternity ward at the facility in early September, Evans fears that things like preterm deliveries, infant mortality and low-birthweight babies — a measure in which the county already ranks poorly — are bound to get worse. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)